2006-11-28 14:56:13 · 9 answers · asked by ether2099 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Well as you can tell many people were for it but there was still the loyal people to the mother country that felt that it was wrong.. but majority wanted freedom from the mother country because if they didnt then we would be still in control of england now wouldnt we?
2006-11-28 14:58:37 · answer #1 · answered by Yvette 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We in this generation of people and that includes all the foreigners that visit the United States of America my nation of origin.(native American). Don't romanticize anything about any wars because they know very little about it simply because we weren't there. Viet Nam still sticks in our minds, and of course WW11 because that never ended. And now we have the war in Iraq. That is not romantic either. Dead bodies do not turn us on.
But as far as the few that do read history and appreciate our freedom here in America away from the brutal ideals of the old monarch ruling tyrants, Yeah that turns us on big time pal.
And we are very proud and brave enough to rescue many from the other tyrants in this world as well. But then we are criticized for these attempts to set people free. It's like when a man has a heart attack right in front of you and you loosen up his color and save his life, instead of thanking you he sues you. You know it doesn't take a lot to compliment someone on their good deeds, or thank them for their hospitality. It takes more effort to be hateful and jealous, and to spit on my country is a fatal move in any direction.
2006-11-28 23:22:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of today's generation is clueless, and the slant of modern history education in our schools is against it if you look at our new school textbooks. People fail to understand what a narrow hope of victory they had in 1776, what a miracle it was that the Americans (a new term at the time) won, and somehow put together the best, longest lasting democracy yet known to man as single continous government. And just what those ideals were that inspired them to fight, to form a country, and hold it together all this time, and what makes it better than the adversaries we have wrestled with in peacetime or war. I think some of the first generation immigrants I have known, that came here legally from far worse nations like Soviet satellite countries, are among teh most enthused patriotic people I have met, they speak of men like Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, as icons of freedom loving people around the world. Here they are just DWMs (Dead White Males) to most people, faces on our currency.
2006-11-28 23:09:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the revolutionary war had a huge impactm on how we look at the world around us.
2006-11-28 23:12:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
1/3 of Americans didn't want it.
1/3 did not care.
Only the remaining 1/3 wanted revolutionary war.
Americans were "conservative revolutionaries"--most of them did not want to fight Britain.
2006-11-28 23:20:07 · answer #5 · answered by :D 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's pretty much America's birth so, yea we think its awesome. Just like Thanksgiving.
2006-11-28 22:59:12 · answer #6 · answered by fatp3ngu1n 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They romanticize it, as they do most of their past wars.
2006-11-28 22:58:06 · answer #7 · answered by Phil S 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm glad we won it. (No offense to the Brits.)
2006-11-28 22:57:37 · answer #8 · answered by braennvin2 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How does you feel?
2006-11-28 23:44:45 · answer #9 · answered by chelleedub 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋